Tag: Affordable Care Act

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., walked back comments that questioned whether Sen. John McCain's, R-Az., brain tumor affected his judgment when he voted against Obamacare repeal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson walks back comments about John McCain’s brain tumor

Robert King · August 10, 2017 2:21 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted Thursday that Republicans would fail to pass tax reform this fall if they try to set a deadline for doing so. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Gingrich to GOP: Don’t set a deadline for tax reform

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2017 12:49 pm

President Trump mocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday for failing to reform federal healthcare policy after years of calling for a replacement to Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump targets McConnell, says he ‘couldn’t get it done’ on healthcare

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2017 11:11 am

Obamacare is failing and Americans are paying the price. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner: The Senate failed on healthcare

Rep Jim Sensenbrenner · August 10, 2017 11:00 am

Premiums on HealthCare.gov are now 105 percent higher than average individual market rates from 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obamacare rates range from decrease to double-digit hikes amid uncertainty: Study

Kimberly Leonard · August 10, 2017 7:00 am

"Part of the reason, I think, that the storyline is that we haven't done much is because, in part, the president and others have set these early time lines about things need to be done by a certain point," McConnell said while in Kentucky.

Trump, McConnell talked on phone before public shaming over ‘excessive expectations’ comment: Report

Leah Jessen · August 10, 2017 3:12 am

Obamacare Repeal Is Dead, but the Fight Between Trump and the GOP Isn’t

Andrew Egger · August 9, 2017 9:40 pm

Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who issued a fatal blow to his party's efforts to repeal and replace portions of Obamacare last month, said on Wednesday he believed that Congress could pass a healthcare bill, but only if lawmakers work openly and in a bipartisan way. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John McCain says he believes Congress can still tackle healthcare

Kimberly Leonard · August 9, 2017 6:38 pm

President Trump knocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday for saying the former businessman had "excessive expectations" of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump defends ‘excessive expectations’ on healthcare to Mitch McConnell: ‘Why not done’ after 7 years?

Anna Giaritelli · August 9, 2017 6:37 pm

"There is no way to sugarcoat this," Sen. Lindsey Graham said. "The Republican Party promised for eight years to repeal and replace Obamacare, we failed, and if we give up, shame on us." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham knocks Mitch McConnell over ‘excessive expectations’ remark

Anna Giaritelli · August 9, 2017 6:06 pm

"I'm not going to speak for John McCain â" he has a brain tumor right now, that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning, some of that might have factored in," Sen. Johnson said. (AP)

Ron Johnson suggests John McCain’s brain cancer factored into no vote on ‘skinny repeal’

Melissa Quinn · August 9, 2017 4:59 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price called on Congress to resume efforts to repeal Obamacare when lawmakers return next month. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Tom Price urges Congress to take another swing at healthcare reform

Robert King · August 9, 2017 2:57 pm